Auburn quarterback Jeremy Johnson (6) throws a pass during Auburn’s Pro Day on Friday, March 10, 2017, in Auburn, Ala.

“I think teams will work him out,” McShay said during Tuesday’s media conference call. “You never know, he may get a shot to come in when they have rookie mini-camps and see if team believes they can get something out of him that wasn’t gotten out of him at Auburn. I would say, and I hate saying this, for a lot of guys who are undrafted, it’s a long shot.”

Having said that, McShay said he was reminded on ESPN’s NFL Insiders that “33 percent of the rosters” at the end of the season in the NFL were made up of undrafted free agents.

“You never say never,” McShay continued. “It’ll be a long road. He has some developing to do, but he certainly does have the physical tools and he was regarded as a guy I think (people) were talking about potentially being in the Heisman race. The ability is there. It’s just going to take someone believing in him and for him to just find a way.”

The 6-foot, 4¼-inch, 232-pound Johnson has the size and skill set to play in the NFL. He just didn’t produce like one in his last two years at Auburn.

Johnson threw for just 1,366 yards and 11 touchdowns. He completed 59.8 percent of his passes (122-of-204), but threw nine interceptions and was sacked 12 times.

The G.W. Carver graduate lost his starting job after the third game of his junior year to Sean White, but led Auburn to a win at No. 19-ranked Texas A&M and sparked a Birmingham Bowl victory over Memphis.

Since the end of his senior year, Johnson has trained in Orlando with quarterback coach Todd Shaw, who has trained the likes of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. He ran an unofficial 40-yard dash time of 4.68 seconds at Auburn’s pro day last month as well as have a 31-½ inch vertical leap and 9-feet, 6-inch broad jump.

Johnson’s pro day numbers are very comparable to two of the top quarterback prospects – Deshaun Watson (4.66 40, 32½ vertical, 9-11 broad) and Mitchell Trubisky (4.67 40, 27-5 vertical, 9-8 broad). So while he didn’t produce like those two, Johnson matches them in terms of athletic ability.

Johnson also took blame for how his college career turned out. That can only help him in terms of showing the type of humility an NFL would want a player to exhibit when looking at his time at Auburn.

It was my fault,” Johnson said at pro day. “Whatever questions I’m asked, I’m going to answer it truthfully and I’m not here to bash nobody because it was my fault as well.”

The question now is can he convince a team he can be developed into an NFL quarterback. He probably won’t get drafted next week, but should get a free agent look.

Before Johnson ever threw a pass at Auburn, Gus Malzahn said he had an NFL arm.

Johnson may not get that opportunity to show it, but as McShay said, you never say never.